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Mongolia - RHS 1998

Reference ID	MNG-NSO-EN-RHS-1998-v1.0
Year	1998
Country	Mongolia
Producer(s)	National Statistical Office of Mongolia
Sponsor(s)	United Nations Population Fund - UNFPA - Sponsor and technical assistance
Collection(s)	Reproductive Health Survey
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Data Collection

Data Collection Dates

Start	End	Cycle
1998-10-04	1998-12-31	N/A

Data Collection Mode

Face-to-face [f2f]

Data Collection Notes

From 14 September to 1 October 1998, training was held for interviewers. Data collection activities started with the appointment of 10 teams with 7 members in each. Each team consisted of 4 female interviewers, a male interviewer, an editor and a supervisor. When the data collection activities started winter was very near, therefore, it was planned to first cover the mountainous west and forested regions of the country, then Gobi and central regions, lastly Ulaanbaatar city. Data collection started on 4 October and terminated 31 December 1998.
Editors were appointed for each team, so that editors and supervisors were able to edit questionnaires daily and correct them by going back to the households when necessary. This way of organizing fieldwork ensured high quality and reliable information. Data collection progress was reported weekly to the survey headquarters at the NSO. In addition to team supervisors and editors, the survey employed two roving monitors to assure that the same criteria were being applied by all interview teams. It is also worth mentioning that a number of persons from bags or horoos (around 300 persons) were also involved and provided great assistance during the fieldwork operation.

Data Collectors

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation
National Statistical Office of Mongolia	NSO

Supervision

Supervisor and the field editor will:

- Spot-check some of the addresses selected for interviewing to be sure that you interviewed the correct households and the correct respondents
- Review each questionnaire to be sure it is complete and consistent
- Observe some of your interviews to ensure that you are asking the questions in the right manner and recording the answers correctly
- Meet with you on a daily basis to discuss performance and give out future work assignments
- Help you resolve any problems that you might have with finding the assigned households, understanding the questionnaire, or dealing with difficult respondents.